A model of sea-foam thickness distribution for passive microwave remote sensing applications

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Reul, N ^a   Chapron, B ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Breaking waves; Fractional coverage; Microwave brightness temperature; Sea foam; Thickness

Indexed keywords

BREAKING WAVE; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; FOAM; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 1642481070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jc001887     Document Type: Article

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